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The job that helps you get ahead in life. Moving mountains together.

Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 50,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care? Do you want to contribute to improving patients' quality of life through your expertise? In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills? You’ve come to the right place!

In our Pharmaceutical development department within Research and Development at the Ludwigshafen site, you will be working in a team of talented people and experienced experts toward developing tomorrow's products. In cutting-edge laboratories, you will be setting highest standards in the competitive field.

Moving mountains together – as Senior Manager QA Operations (all genders), you own and maintain the Quality systems for Ludwigshafen Operations in a sustainable way. You also ensure site compliance with applicable cGMP and Medical Device regulations for all markets where products manufactured are commercialized, as well as with AbbVie and third-party Quality requirements.

Your responsibilities:

• Assure Quality oversight for Quality systems and performance metrics
• Lead Quality Assurance to ensure employee development and effective succession planning
• Actively support Performance Excellence programs
• Manage costs efficiently, achieve agreed budget targets, work to improve bottom-line growth
• Ensure compliance with safety and environmental requirements for Quality Assurance
• Act as substitute for the Site Quality Director

How you move mountains:

• Degree in Chemistry / Pharmacy / Biology or equivalent
• Minimum 10-year experience in the Pharma industry, preferably both drug products and API
• Strong leadership skills and significant experience as line manager, leading large teams
• Demonstrated experience in Operations Quality Assurance (at least 5 years)
• Excellent knowledge of cGMP regulations (e.g., EU/US) and agencies’ expectations
• Experience in direct management of inspections
• Profound understanding of Operations business
• Both, German and English business fluent
• Passionate for performance, drive for innovation
• High degree of self-motivation/proactivity and efficient results-oriented way of working

Here's how we can move mountains together:

• with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impact

• with an open corporate culture
• with an attractive salary
• with an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your side
• with flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance
• with a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programs
• with company social benefits
• with a wide range of career opportunities in an international organization
• with top-tier, attractive development opportunities
• with a strong international network

Multiple times, we have been globally recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EED&I) – a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.

At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success, grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV – we will discuss everything else with you in person.

Any questions? Feel free to email as at [email protected] – we look forward to hearing from you!

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